justicia

/[xusˈt̪isja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#523

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

justicia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualidad moral que impulsa a dar a cada cual según su mérito o derecho. Pronounced [xusˈt̪isja]. It ranks #523 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with justifica and justice.

Key facts for justicia
PropertyValue
Headwordjusticia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[xusˈt̪isja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#523
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of justicia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for justicia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [xusˈt̪isja]. Corpus data places it at rank #523 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for justicia, with forms such as "jjusticia", "jsuticia", and "jusitcia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "justifica", "justice", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is justicia, spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualidad moral que impulsa a dar a cada cual según su mérito o derecho.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, conformidad con la justicia₁.
  3. 3
    Acción o hecho conforme a la justicia₁.
  4. 4
    Condición o estado regido por la justicia₁.
  5. 5
    Ejercicio del poder para la aplicación de la ley.
  6. 6
    En particular, resolución de un pleito o expediente.
  7. 7
    Aplicación de un castigo ordenado por la justicia₆.
  8. 8
    En particular, ejecución ordenada por la justicia₆.
  9. 9
    Funcionario que imparte justicia₅.
  10. 10
    Funcionario judicial, con atribuciones similares a las de un juez, designado localmente por el pueblo de su jurisdicción.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: jjusticia,jsuticia,jusitcia,jussticia,justciia,justicai,justiccia,justiica,justisia,justticia,jutsicia,ujsticia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for justicia

Misspelling Variants of "justicia"

jjusticia9jsuticia8jusitcia8jussticia9justciia8justicai8justiccia9justiica8
Misspelling Variants of "justicia"

Frequency rank: #523 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "justicia"?
"justicia" is spelled J-U-S-T-I-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [xusˈt̪isja].
What does "justicia" mean?
As a noun, "justicia" means: Cualidad moral que impulsa a dar a cada cual según su mérito o derecho.
What words are commonly confused with "justicia"?
"justicia" is commonly confused with "justifica", "justice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "justicia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "justicia" is [xusˈt̪isja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "justicia" come from?
"justicia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.